What Is the War Like? Themes: War may seem not at all that hard to some people, you go to army training learn to shoot a gun dress up in your military outfit fly off to some country and shoot guys. What is so hard about that, and if you get hit your dead in a flash, correct? Well actually according...

Death-of-the-Other Erich Maria Remarque lets us know exactly what theme he intends for All Quiet on the Western Front in the short note that comes just before Chapter 1. He attests that the novel tries to simply tell the story of a generation of young men whom World War I destroyed– even if...

The Horrors of War is a main theme that features in war stories, books and films. All Quiet on the Western Front (directed by Lewis Milestone, 1930), The Third Day, The Frost (written by John Marsden), Pearl Harbour (Directed by Michael Bay) and the poem No Ordinary Sun by Hone Tuwhare. The texts th...

In nearly every culture, certain distinctions exist which elevate particular members of society above others. These distinctions may be based upon age, wisdom, ancestry, gender or profession, but more often than not, class lines seem to be drawn on the basis of wealth. While the existence of these ...